§56-4-62. Verification of Pleadings in Equity
If the plaintiff desire the defendant to answer the bill on oath, he must verify his bill by affidavit, and if the bill be so verified, the defendant must in like manner verify his answer. But if the bill be not verified, the defendant need not verify his answer, and if he does so it […]
§56-4-63. Appearance of Corporation by Attorney; Verification of Pleading of Corporation
Any corporation may appear, plead or answer by attorney in any action, suit or proceeding for the same purposes, in the same manner and form and to the same extent and effect as if it were a natural person. Any answer or pleading of a corporation shall be verified in any case in which it […]
§56-4-48. Judgment or Decree by Confession
In any action or suit instituted by process a defendant may, in the vacation of the court, and whether the action or suit be on the court docket or not, confess a judgment or decree in the clerk's office for so much principal and interest as the plaintiff may be willing to accept a judgment […]
§56-4-49. Failure to Plead, Answer or Demur; Rule to Plead; Conditional Judgment or Decree Nisi; Judgment or Decree by Default; Order for Inquiry of Damages
If a defendant, who appears, fail to plead, answer or demur to the declaration or bill, a rule may be given him to plead. If he fail to appear at the rule day at which the process against him is returned executed, or when it is returnable to a term, at the first rule day […]
§56-4-50. When Inquiry of Damages Unnecessary
There need be no such inquiry in any action upon a bond or other writing for the payment of money, which by its terms ascertains the amount to be paid thereunder, or against the drawer or indorsers of a bill of exchange or negotiable note, or in an action or scire facias upon a judgment […]
§56-4-51. Office Judgment; Affidavits by Plaintiff and Defendant; Judgment
Every judgment entered in the clerk's office in a case wherein there is no order for an inquiry of damages, and every nonsuit or dismission entered therein, shall, if not previously set aside, become a final judgment on the last day of the next succeeding term of the court wherein the action is pending. If […]
§56-4-52. Setting Aside Office Judgment; Trial
If a defendant against whom a judgment is entered in the office, whether an order for an inquiry of damages has been made therein or not, shall, before the end of the term at which it becomes final, appear and plead to issue, and shall, in the cases mentioned in the next preceding section in […]
§56-4-53. Hearing as to Defendants Served; Discontinuance
Where, in any action against two or more defendants, the process is served on part of them, the plaintiff may proceed to judgment as to any so served, and either discontinue it as to the others or from time to time, as the process is served as to such others, proceed to judgment as to […]
§56-4-44. When Parties May Proceed Without Similiter or Joinder in Demurrer
When any party takes issue on another party's pleading, or traverses the same, or demurs, so that such other party is not let in to allege any new matter, no similiter or joinder in demurrer shall be necessary, but either party may proceed as if there were a similiter or joinder in demurrer.
§56-4-45. Unnecessary Allegations in Second or Other Plea
It shall not be necessary to state in a second or other plea that it is pleaded by leave of the court, or according to the form of the statute, or to that effect.